56. And I have created the
jinn (fiery natured and houghty) and the (ordinary) people only that they may worship Me.

57. (Prophet! tell them that) no provision do I require from them, nor do I require that they should feed Me.

58. Surely, it is Allâh alone Who is the Great Sustainer, the Lord of immense power, the Almighty.

59. Those who do injustice (to Our Messengers) should meet the fate (of miseries) like the fate of their fellows (of
old). Therefore do not let them ask Me to hasten on (the punishment which awaits them).

60. (Yet they should not forget that) destruction is in store for those who disbelieve, on account of that day of
theirs the punishment of which they have been promised.

16. `Burn you in it, and whether you show patience or you show (it) not, will be the same to you, (for) you will be
requited only for your deeds.'

17. Verily, those who guarded against evil will be in Gardens and in (a state of) bliss,

18. Rejoicing at those (gifts) which their Lord will have granted them, and (they will render Him thanks that) their
Lord has guarded them against the torments of Hell.

19. (It will be said to them,) `Eat and drink and enjoy yourselves as a reward of your (good) deeds.'

20. They will (on that day) be reclining on couches ranged in parallel rows. And We shall pair them with fair and
pure houris.

21. We shall unite with those who believe such of their children who follow them in Faith even (though they do
not attain the high standard of their forefathers' righteousness) yet We will not deprive them the least of the reward of
their deeds. Every soul stands pledged for his own deeds (and is neither deprived of the reward nor can escape the
punishment of his bad deeds).

22. We shall provide these (owners of Paradise) with such fruit and meat in abundance as they desire.

23. Therein they will pass one to another a cup (of refreshing drink) which shall induce neither foul talk nor sin.

24. Their own young sons as pure as though they were (virgin) pearls embedded in their shells, shall go round them.

26. They will say, `Before (this) we were very much haunted by fear, in the midst of our family (about the
consequences of our deeds).

27. `But Allâh has been gracious to us and has saved us from the torment of the burning blast;

28. `We used to call upon Him before (in prayer). Surely, He alone is the Most Beneficent, the Ever Merciful.'

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29.So (Prophet!) keep on exhorting, as by the grace of your Lord, you are neither a soothesayer, nor a mad man.

30. Yet they say (about you), `(He is only) a poet, (and) we await the vicissitudes, which time will bring upon him.'

31. Say, `Await you (the calamities), I too am with you among those who are awaiting.'

32. As a matter of fact their reason prompts them to (think of the Prophet in) these (terms). They are, rather, a
people transgressing limits.

33. They say, `He has fabricated it (- the Qur'ân).' The fact is that they have no belief (in God).

34. Let them, then bring forth a discourse like this (Qur'ân) if they are truthful (in their objection).

35. Have they been created without a (creative) agency (or purpose)? Or are they their own creators?

36. Have they created the heavens and the earth? The thing is only that they have no faith (in God).

37. Do they hold the treasures of your Lord or are they the Lord Supreme?

38. Have they the means through which they can overhear (the Lord)? If so, let their listener bring forth a
clear authoritative proof (just as the Prophet of God does).

39. (O disbelievers, as you believes,) does He have daughters while you have sons?

40. Do you ask a reward from them (for your conveying the Message) so that they are weighed down with a load
of undue debts (and so are finding it hard to pay).

41. Do they have (the knowledge of) the unseen so that they write down (and judge things in its light).

42. Do they intend to wage a war (against you)? But (remember) it is those who disbelieve that will be the victims
of (their own) strategy of war.

43. Have they a god other than Allâh? Indeed, Highly Exalted is Allâh far above all the things they associate with Him.

44. And (even) if they see a fragment of the sky falling down (in the form of punishment) they would say, `(It is
only) piled up clouds (and not a sign of punishment whatsoever).

45. So leave them alone till they meet that day of theirs (- the day of the battle of
Badr) when they will be driven into the fire (of warfare).

46. The day when their stratagem of warfare will be of no avail to them and no help will be rendered to them
(from any quarter).

47. There awaits the wrongdoers yet another punishment even prior to that (punishment of war). But most of them
do not know.

48. (Prophet!) await with patience and perseverance (the implementation of) the judgment of your Lord. You are
under Our (loving care and) protection. And extol the Holiness of your Lord along with His praises when you rise (from
sleep for Prayer).

49. And proclaim His glory for part of the night and also at the declining of the stars (when the night is about to end).

21. What (an ignoble idea you have)! Are you to have sons and He daughters?

22. That indeed is an unjust division (and unbecoming from your own point of view which looks upon the birth of a

daughter with condemnation).

23. (The fact is that) these are mere names (bearing no significance) which you have coined, you and your
forefathers, for which Allâh has revealed no authority (for their being worshipped as gods and goddesses). These
(idol-worshippers) follow nothing but mere conjectures and the fancies of (their own) minds. (They do this) even
though true guidance has already come to them from their Lord.

25. Rather (all the blessings of) the Hereafter as well as (those of) this present life belong to Allâh.

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26.Behold! so many an angel is there in the heavens but their intercession can be of no avail except after Allâh
has given (them) permission regarding him whom He wills and with whom He is pleased.

27. (Verily, it is only) those who do not believe in the Hereafter and (who) give feminine names to the angels
(because they ascribe them to Allâh as His daughters);

28. But they have no knowledge of the matter. They follow nothing but conjecture, yet by no means can a
conjecture be a substitute for the established Truth.

29. So turn aside from him who turns away from Our remembrance, and seeks nothing but the present life.

30. That is the highest attainment of their knowledge. Verily, your Lord knows very well those who go astray
from His path, as He knows very well those who follow the right guidance.

31. And all that lies in the heavens and all that lies in the earth belongs to Allâh alone. The result of this is that
He recompenses the evil doers according to (the evil of) their deeds and rewards those who do good deeds with the
fairest reward.

32. Those who avoid grave sins and open shameful deeds but (who are sometimes guilty) only (of) minor offences
(will find) your Lord is Lord of immense protection (and resorts to His mercy in such cases). He knows you full well
(since) when He created you from the earth and when you were embryos in the wombs of your mothers. So make no
pretensions to the purity of your souls. It is He Who knows best who (truly and fully) guards against evil.

22. And We have indeed made the Qur'ân easy for admonition and to understand, follow and remember. But is there

anyone who would take heed?

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23. (The tribe of)
Thamûd (too in rejecting
Sâlih) cried lies to all the (Divine) Warners.

24. And they said, `Shall we follow a man who
hails from ourselves and is all alone? (If we do) indeed we, in that
case, would be (involved) in a great error and (suffering from) insanity.

25. `Is it that, from amongst all of us, the Reminder has been revealed to him (alone)? Nay (what he says is
wrong), he is an impudent liar and self conceited.'

26. (God said to
Sâlih,) `Very shortly shall they know who is the impudent liar and selfconceited.

27. `We, in order to distinguish the good from the bad of them, are going to send a she-camel (in a state that she is
not to be interfered with, in anyway). Therefore, wait (till their end comes), and patiently persevere (against their insults).

28. `And inform them that their water is to be shared by them (and the she-camel), each time of drinking to be
attended (by everyone) in turns.'

29. Thereupon they called their comrade who seized her (- the she-camel) quite unlawfully with the help of others
and hamstrung (her, and they were then overtaken by a calamity).

30. And (behold!) how (terrible) then was My punishment and (how true) My warning!

31. And We let loose a single and sudden blast against them and they became crushed like dry twigs whittled
down by an enclosure-maker.

32. And We have made the Qur'ân easy for admonition, and to understand, follow and remember. But is there
anyone who would take heed?

33. Lot's people (also in rejecting Lot) cried lies to all (the Divine) Warners.

34. We let loose a (destructive) storm upon all of them except the family of Lot whom We delivered (through Our
mercy from the punishment) by early dawn.

35. (It was) a favour from Us. That is how We reward those who give thanks.

36. While he (- Lot) had warned them of Our seizure (with punishment) but they doubted this warning and
disputed over it.

37. And they (deceitfully) sought to turn him away from his guests. So We put a covering on their eyes. (And We
said to them,) `Now taste My punishment and (suffer the consequences of ignoring) My warning.'

38. And certainly there overtook them early in the morning a lasting punishment.

39. Now taste My punishment and (suffer the consequences of ignoring) My warning.

40. And indeed We have made the Qur'ân easy for admonition and to understand, follow and remember. But is
there anyone who would take heed?

23. Which of the benefactions of your Lord will you twain, then, deny?

24. And to Him belong the ships raised aloft in the sea like mountain peaks.

25. Which of the benefactions of your Lord will you twain, then, deny?

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26.All that is on it (- the earth) is subject to decay and doomed to pass away.

27. But (only) the Majesty of your Lord and that which is under the care of your Lord, the Lord of Glory and
Honour endures for ever.

28. Which of the benefactions of your Lord will you twain, then, deny?

29. All of the rational beings that are in the heavens and on the earth do beg of Him. Every moment He manifests
Himself in a new state (of glory).

30. Which of the benefactions of your Lord will you twain, then, deny?

31. We shall reckon with you O you two big groups (of the righteous and the rebellious).

32. Which of the benefactions of your Lord will you twain, then, deny?

33. O body of jinn (- fiery natured) and (ordinary) the people! If you have the power and capacity to go beyond
the confines of the heavens and the earth, then do go. But you will not be able to go unless you have the necessary
and unusual power.

34. Which of the benefactions of your Lord will you twain, then, deny?

35. Flames of fire, smoke and molten copper will be let loose upon you and you will not be able to defend yourselves.

36. Which of the benefactions of your Lord will you twain, then, deny?

37. And when the heaven splits up and turns crimson like red hide (how will you fare then)?

38. Which of the benefactions of your Lord will you twain, then, deny?

39. On that day none of people nor of
jinn will be questioned about his sin.

40. Which of the benefactions of your Lord will you twain, then, deny?

41. The guilty will be known by their appearance (and the expression of their faces), then they will be seized by
(their) forelocks and the feet.

42. Which of the benefactions of your Lord will you twain, then, deny?

43. (They will be told) `This is the Gehenna that the guilty have cried lies to.

44. `They will take turns (restlessly) between it (- the hell-fire) and boiling hot liquid.'

45. Which of the benefactions of your Lord will you twain, then, deny?

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46.There are two Gardens (of bliss here and the Hereafter) for such as fear (the time) when they will stand before
(the judgment seat of) your Lord (to account for their deeds).

47. Which of the benefactions of your Lord will you twain, then, deny?

48. Both (the Gardens of Paradise) are abounding in varieties (of trees and rich greenery accompanied with
delightful comforts).

49. Which of the benefactions of your Lord will you twain, then, deny?

51. Which of the benefactions of your Lord will you twain, then, deny?

52. In both of these (Gardens) there are fruit of all kinds in two varieties.

53. Which of the benefactions of your Lord, will you twain, then, deny?

54. They (- the owners of Paradise) will be reclining (on couches) over carpets, the linings of which will be of
thick brocade. And the ripe fruit of both the Gardens will be bending (so) low (as to be within their easy reach to pluck).

55. Which of the benefactions of your Lord will you twain, then, deny?

56. There they shall have (chaste and modest) maidens restraining their glances (to look at them only), whom (in
this state) neither man nor jinn has ever touched before them.

57. Which of the benefactions of your Lord will you twain, then, deny?

58. (These maidens will look) as if they were (made of) rubies and small pearls.

59. Which of the benefactions of your Lord will you twain, then, deny?

1.Whatever is in the heavens and the earth
declares the glory of Allâh. And He is the All-Mighty the All-Wise.

2. The kingdom of the heavens and the earth belongs to Him. He gives life and causes death and He is the
Possessor of power to do all that He will.

3. He is (from) the very First (there was nothing before Him), and (He will exist to) the Last (there will be nothing
after Him), and when nothing remains He will remain (He being an eternal Being). He is the Supreme Being
(subordinate to no one). And (whereas He comprehends everything) He is Incomprehensible. He has full knowledge of every thing.

4. It is He Who created the heavens and the earth in six aeons. And He is established on the Throne (of Power). He
knows what goes down into the earth and what comes out of it, and what descends from above and what ascends to it. He
is with you wherever you may be. Allâh is watchful of all that you do.

5. The kingdom of the heavens and the earth belongs to Him. All matters are referred to Allâh (for His judgment).

6. He causes the night to gain on the day (in one season) and He causes the day to gain on the night (in the other
season). He has full knowledge of the inmost secrets of hearts.

7. (O People!) believe in Allâh and His Messenger and spend (in the cause of Allâh) out of the
possessions He has entrusted you with as His vicegerent. Indeed, there awaits a great reward for such of you as believe and spend (in
His cause).

8. What is wrong with you that you do not believe in Allâh, though the Messenger invites you to believe in your
Lord, and though He has already bound you to a covenant. (Now is the time) if you care to believe.

9. It is He Who sends down clear signs to His servant that He may lead you from all kinds of darkness into the
light (of faith). And behold, Allâh is Compassionate and Ever Merciful to you.

10. What is wrong with you that you do not spend in the way of Allâh, for all that the heavens and the earth
contain shall finally revert to Allâh. Those of you who spent and fought (in the cause of Allâh) before the Victory
(of Hudaibiyah) cannot be equal (to those who joined the ranks later). They are higher in rank than those who spent
and fought afterwards (after the truth had gained ground). Yet Allâh has promised a good reward to them all. Allâh is
Well-Aware of what you do.

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11.Who is he that will separate a handsome portion (of his possessions) to give (in the cause of) Allâh? (Let
him remember) He will increase it manifold (to repay it to him many times over). Indeed, there awaits such a one a
generous and honourable reward.

12. (Think of) the day when you will see the believing men and the believing women that their (faith having
become a torch of) light is advancing rapidly in front of them and on their right sides. (It will be said to them,) `Glad
tidings to you this day. (There await you) Gardens (of Paradise) served with running streams.' (The recipients of glad tidings)

will abide therein (for ever). This indeed is a mighty achievement!

13. That day the hypocritical men and hypocritical women will say to those who believe, `Wait for us so that we
might obtain some illumination from your (this) light.' It will be said to them, `Go back (if you can) and seek for light.'
Then a wall with a gateway will be set up separating them (and the believers). The inside of it will be all mercy (where
the righteous have to go) and the outside of it shall be facing torment (where the hypocrites have to stay).

14. These (hypocrites) will call out to these (believers), `Were we not with you (in the worldly life)?' They will
reply, `Yes, but you let yourselves fall into temptations and you waited (uselessly for our destruction), and you doubted
(about the truth). Infact, your vain desires deceived you till the decree of Allâh (about your punishment) came to
be implemented. And the arch-deceiver deceived you in respect of Allâh.

15. `So this day, no ransom shall be accepted from you, nor from those who disbelieved. Hell-Fire is the final
abode of you all. That is your friendly-protector. And very evil is that resort.'

16. Is it not yet time for those who believe that their hearts should feel humbled at the mention (of the name) of
Allâh and at the truth that has been revealed to them (in the form of the Qur'ân), and that they do not become like those
who were given the Scripture before (them). But their hearts hardened because a long period of time passed over
them (enjoying the favours of Allâh. (As for their present state) they are mostly transgressors.

17. Know that Allâh brings (the inhabitants of) the earth to life after their death. We have indeed explained
Our Messages to you that you may abstain (from evil deeds).

18. Verily, (as to) the men who give alms and the women who give alms and those who perform excellent deeds
for the sake of Allâh, their recompense shall be increased manifold for them and (there awaits them) a generous
and honourable reward.

19. And for those who believe in Allâh and His Messengers they alone are the truthful people and faithful
witnesses in the sight of their Lord, they will have their full reward and their light. But those who disbelieve and cry lies to
Our commandments are the very inmates of Hell.

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20.Know that the life of this world is but a
sport, wanton, an empty show, (a source of) boasting among
yourselves and an emulous quest for more riches and children. It is like the rain, the vegetation produced whereby pleases
the cultivators. Then it (- the vegetation) blooms and flourishes so that you can see it turn yellow (on ripening). Then
(there comes a time when) it becomes (worthless) chaff. But the Hereafter promises both, a severe punishment (for
the wicked) and (for the righteous there is) protection from Allâh and (His) pleasure. The life of this world is nothing
but a (temporary) enjoyment of delusive things.

21. (O People!) Advance quickly, outstripping one another, towards the protection from your Lord and (towards)
a Garden the extensiveness of which is (beyond measure) as the extensiveness of the heaven and the earth. It has
been prepared for those who believe in Allâh and His Messengers; that (protection) is Allâh's grace and bounty. He
grants it to such of those who wish to attain it (and strive for it). Allâh is the Lord of immense grace and bounty.

22. No disaster befalls either on the earth or in your ownselves but it forms part of the divine Law before We bring
it into being. Indeed, it is easy for Allâh (to make such a law).

23. (Allâh has apprised you of this) that you may neither grieve over that (good) which is lost to you, nor exult
because of that which He has granted you. Allâh has no love for all those who are haughty and boastful.

24. (Neither has He love for) those who practice niggardliness themselves and (also) enjoin others to be niggardly.
He who turns his back (upon His commandments should beware). Verily, Allâh is Self-Sufficient (free from all needs
and) Worthy of all praise (in His own right).

25. Certainly, We sent Our Messengers with clear proofs and We (also) sent down with them the Code (of
Sharî`at - law and justice) and the Balance (- the practice of the Prophet and right use of the Book of God) so that people
might conduct themselves with equity and justice. And We have given (to them) iron (which has great strength and)
wherein is (material for) violent warfare and for many (other) uses for people. All this has been done that Allâh may
distinguish those who help Him and His Messengers without having seen Him. Indeed Allâh is All-Powerful, All- Mighty.

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26.Indeed, We sent Noah and Abraham and We set up among their children (a system of) Prophethood and the
Book. So some of them followed true guidance but many of them became transgressors.

27. Then We caused a series of Our Messengers one after the other to follow them closely in their footsteps, and
we caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow them, and We gave him (- Jesus) the Evangel. And We placed compassion and

mercy in the hearts of those who followed him, but as for monasticism they invented it themselves, We did not
enjoin it upon them. (They started monastic life) to seek Allâh's pleasure, but they did not observe it (as faithfully) as it
should have been observed. Yet We duly rewarded such of them as (truly) believed but many of them were transgressors.

28. O you who believe! take Allâh as a shield and believe in His Messenger. (If you do so) Allâh will grant
you double the share of His mercy (in this world and the Hereafter) and will provide for you a light with the help of
which you will advance forward and will grant you protection (against pitfalls). And Allâh is Great Protector, Ever Merciful.

29. (You will be so treated) lest the people of the Scripture should think that they (- the Muslims) have no control
over the attainment of the grace and bounty of Allâh and (so that they should know) that grace and bounty is entirely in
the hands of Allâh; He bestows it upon such as wishes to be granted it (and strives for it). And Allâh is the Lord of
immense grace and bounty.